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First Things First: To Live, to Love, to Learn, to Leave a Legacy
A revolutionary guide to managing your time by learning how to balance your life.Presented on cassette.Offering a principle-centered approach and the wisdom and insight that made The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People #1 bestseller, First Things First empowers listeners to define what is truly important; to accomplish worthwhile goals; and to lead rich, rewarding, and bal...more
Paperback, 384 pages
Published
January 17th 1996
by Free Press
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Another terrifically helpful book from the pen of Stephen Covey. I personally found especially useful the two-by-two matrix he discusses as a way to organize yourself. The four resulting quadrants include:
1. Important and Urgent
2. Important, Not Urgent
3. Urgent, Not Important
4. Not Urgent, Not Important
Simply put, most people spend far too much time in quadrants 3 & 4. We also spend too much time in quadrant 1, not that those issues are unimportant, bu...more
1. Important and Urgent
2. Important, Not Urgent
3. Urgent, Not Important
4. Not Urgent, Not Important
Simply put, most people spend far too much time in quadrants 3 & 4. We also spend too much time in quadrant 1, not that those issues are unimportant, bu...more
This book was a slow read for me, it was really hard for me to get into it, I especially had a hard time with all of the different "quadrants" of organization and such, I'm just not into that. Although, there were a lot of things that I did like about the book. One point brought up is that we use busy-ness as a way to validate ourselves and to feel important, and I think that's very true, and I am starting to realize that it really doesn't matter. I don't have to be involved in a mi...more
"إدارة الأولويات .. الأهم أولاً" .. تجوب خلال صفحاته الخمسمائة .. يشحذ أفكارك ويملأ رأسك بإلهام طاغ .. يجعلك تؤمن بأنك قادر على بذل المزيد .. ليس في عملك الذي لا بد أنك تبذل فيه الكثير .. ولكن في بيتك .. .. كتاب يبحث عن السلام الداخلي والتوازن النفسي والعاطفي .. يساعدك على إيجاد البوصلة داخلك مهما كانت وجهتك. هذا الكتاب يدعو إلى الجيل الرابع من إدارة الوقت .. بعد أن أثبتت الأجيال السابقة قدرتها ضمن الأطر الزمنية المختلفة .. وفشلها في التكيف مع المتطلبات العصرية المرتبطة بتسارع الحركة...more
For me, this was a new way of looking at "a balanced life." Sometimes we focus so much on the urgent things, that we forget about the important things that aren't necessarily so urgent. Very insightful. It made me think that I need to focus left on getting things done, and more on getting the important things done!
Crystal
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If you're new to time management, or enjoy books that organize things by charts.
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personal-development,
non-fiction
I got some good points from this book, but overall I didn't find it that interesting. If you've read a lot of 'time management' type books, and blogs, you've already read most of this at some point. I didn't find anything particularly interesting accept in chapter 6 (The Balance of Roles), and in Chapter 7 (The Power of Goals). I could have read those two chapters and skipped the rest of the book.
Love it! It expands on the chapter in 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. This has helped me live a more quality driven life vs. filling my time with lots o' crap. :)
This is a great book to keep yourself focused on working life with a possitive outlook. Many books out there tell you to just press on and/or to have faith. I liked this book because he walked you through the processes...a great one to take your time with...let the process change and prepare you for success.
Teaches you the art and craft of time management. Move away from reactive day to day to do list planning and gets you to view your time as the week proactively scheduling in your priorities with the compass card. The principle of the clock and the compass is right on.
Taught me about keeping the first things, the most important things, first.
To keep most of my time on what is important and not urgent. Preparation, prevention, planning, and relationships.
To Live, to Love, to Learn, to Leave a Legacy
To keep most of my time on what is important and not urgent. Preparation, prevention, planning, and relationships.
To Live, to Love, to Learn, to Leave a Legacy
Not as big a jump for me personally, as this book is a bit of a refried 7 Habits. There are some decent tips/pointers.
I recommend skimming this one rather than intently reading it.
I recommend skimming this one rather than intently reading it.
on page 5..yes it is "self-help" season in my life...maybe I should be a little more discrete about it...i challenge you to reveal your "self-help" secrets...step one...
it gives me hope that I can hit the things I want to in life, without feeling too bad for not doing everything.
Talks about how people are most important
In basic concept this book really hits home. It's important to get the important stuff scheduled on your calendar before everything else takes its place. However in practice it seems like it would be fairly impractical since you can't really focus on your "quadrant 2" stuff all the time, or even most of the time, without ending up on the street. Leave it to Mr. Covey to be one of the first to make his millions by selling planners and time management paraphernalia only to turn around...more
In this fast paced world, we often bury ourselves with the urgency of things. Deadlines, projects and to-do lists often constitute most of our busy lives. We often confuse efficiency for effectiveness and this ultimately leads to unfulfilled lives in other endeavors.
First things first tries to break that illusion. Through organizing and planning, integral action and through evaluation of our daily lives it compels its readers to be more effective rather than efficient. It weighs the ...more
First things first tries to break that illusion. Through organizing and planning, integral action and through evaluation of our daily lives it compels its readers to be more effective rather than efficient. It weighs the ...more
First Things First from a different perspective. While we are stuck with 'efficiency' and managing the stream of Quadrant III (Not urgent and not important) things that is coming at us each and every day, this books encourages us to focus on those Quadrant II things (Important but not urgent) that we seem to be neglecting.
To live, to love, to learn, and to leave a legacy. The book focuses on planning your week with these roles and human endowments in mind. Fulfilling these needs requir...more
To live, to love, to learn, and to leave a legacy. The book focuses on planning your week with these roles and human endowments in mind. Fulfilling these needs requir...more
I was a bit nervous about the book because I like novels so much but this book had so many insights and thoughts on how to put the best things first, not just the good things. I really liked how it emphasized the fact that if we follow our "true north" or our conscience that things will fall into place or fall out of our lives. That if we are not honest in one part of our lives it affects all aspects in the end. Finding a balance in life is what pretty much everyone desires, and this o...more
This has been one of the most influential books I have read. I often return to my rather extensive notes to redefine my objectives and review my mission. Am currently reading a highly completmentary book by David Allen that starts with the opposite perspective - how to manage the stream of things that come into one's life, to prioritize and get the done.
I first read this book in about 1990 and the content is as relevant today as it was back then. I learned so much from this book that has served me well for 19 years of professional work, and every time I reread a section it just reminds me how important if is to make sure you are doing first things first.
I feel that Covey has a great mind when it comes to achieving your personal best, and this book puts the rubber to the road. The materials in this book about setting goals, transla...more
I feel that Covey has a great mind when it comes to achieving your personal best, and this book puts the rubber to the road. The materials in this book about setting goals, transla...more
I was struggling with being busy and not productive. First things First not only helped me to place my work task list in order, but my life in order. Taking and putting YOU first, not your tasks, Covey does an excellent job in creating life goals that turn into habits. Healing and organizing from the inside out.
I like Covey's writing style. I think he made some salient points. It just was too repetitive... it felt like I was rereading 7 Habits, but it wasn't as interesting, somehow. Like another reviewe, the only chapters I got real value from were 6&7. The rest of the book I found myself skimming.
One of the most important books that I have read in my life. I think it is very important for people to examine their approach to tasks, goals and life in general. I loved it! For anyone struggling and feeling overwhelmed, give this a try . . . it may be the thing you need.
Co-authors were Roger and Rebecca Merrill. I knew them personally. Roger was my bishop when I was at Monterey the first time. I think Alice got to talk to him before we got married. He eventually became a general authority and president of the Sunday School.
This book began the honing in process that culminated from 7 Habits to the very powerful and life-changing "The 8th Habit".
Stephen Covey teaches with outstanding examples and great insight, and I'm sure has positively affected thousands of lives with his works.
Stephen Covey teaches with outstanding examples and great insight, and I'm sure has positively affected thousands of lives with his works.
Gives a totally new prescriptive to time management and setting life in order. A must read to highly active and workaholic professionals. reading this book truly had an impact on how i chose to spend my time and live to achieve what is important to me.
This book is an expansion on the first book "Seven Habits of the Highly Effective People" by Steve Covey.
The author emphasizes the importance of priority and putting FIRST things FIRST. The book is well edited and presented.
The author emphasizes the importance of priority and putting FIRST things FIRST. The book is well edited and presented.
It seems a long time since I've read this book, but now I can see how it's affected my thinking in my wanting to leave a legacy by empowering kids with 13 habits that made me billions.
Tina
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I'm working my way through this book with a small group and like it so far. It's definitely one that's best read in pieces so you can really put these steps into practice.
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Starting with 7 Habits of Highly Effective People this book is a great companion book that helps people review the 7 habits and goes into further learning experiences.
I read this with my book club and enjoyed it. It is quite long which is why it's good to read with a club. It helped me set goals and achieve them. :)
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Stephen Richards Covey is the author of the best-selling book, "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People". Other books he has written include "First Things First", "Principle-Centered Leadership", and "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families". In 2004, Covey released "The 8th Habit". In 2008, Covey released "The Leader In Me—How Schoo...more
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